Sex, drugs and earthenware pottery
Ceramics by Chris Rijk
Date
16 July 2025 - 11 October 2026
Location
Frans Hals Museum
Criticism in Delft blue
McDonald’s fries, electricity pylons in Dutch landscapes and a middle finger made in traditional Delftware. Chris Rijk combines traditionally hand-painted earthenware with queer and pop culture, delivering a witty – and sometimes provocative – critique of commerce and capitalism.
Ceramics as time capsule
Rijk’s work is his own personal truth: he chooses the objects and the subjects. Like the old-fashioned apothecary’s jars with inscriptions reading ‘TikTok’, ‘fast fashion’ and ‘Bitcoin’. Intended as a time capsule, because ceramics do not decay.
Make your own tile wisdom
Would you like to create your own Chris Rijk artwork? Come to the museum during the spring break and make your own tile wisdom. Be inspired by the funny texts that Chris Rijk incorporates into his art and create your own work of art on a ceramic tile.
"Ceramics are seen as innocent, but that’s where the freedom lies. No one expects ceramics to be shocking."
- Artist Chris Rijk
